Measurements and Applications
Measurement of aerosol optical depth, aerosol absorption optical depth, and aerosols fine-mode effective radius, along with cloud bow techniques for characterization of cloud-top proerties
Full Name
Atmosphere Observing System-Sky Polarimeter
Status
Proposed
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Multiple direction/polarisation radiometers 
Geometry
TBD
Instrument Technology
Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
TBD
Resolution
0.5 km at nadir, <1 km at swath edge
[Best Resolution: 500m]
Swath
<300 km
[Max Swath: 300 km]
Waveband
UV, 350-390 nm; VIS, 410-750 nm; Hyperangle, 660-870 nm; water vapor, ~940 nm; SWIR Cirrus, ~1380 nm; VNIR-SWIR, 870-1570 nm
| UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm) |
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
AOS-Sky - Atmosphere Observing System - Sky (2031 - 2036) |